Of the realm…

Has this link sent to me at work. It seems that a massive redesign is afoot, giving for the first time since decimalisation a unified design for our coins. The current designs go back 40 years- the first decimal coins being the 10p and 5p, minted in 1968, replacing the shilling and two shilling coins in the then still pre-decimal system.

The redesign has cost just £35,000 plus the costs of running the competition. Given the millions usually wasted on branding exercises that produce far less inspiring results, I would say it’s money well spent.